A flash mob organised by No One Is Illegal Vancouver Coast Salish Territories, Justicia for Migrant Workers, and Philippine Women Centre on International Migrants Day in Vancouver, Canada. Caelie_Frampton/Flickr. (CC 2.0 by)
Far from being an exception, the debate and efforts regarding trafficking in Canada have mainly focused on trafficking for sexual exploitation. In addition, most of the actions and concern have been centred around domestic ‘sex trafficking’ – that which affects Canadian citizens or residents or occurs without crossing national borders. It has dominated the landscape and driven the bulk of government actions, pushing out discussions of labour exploitation and other types of forced movement along the way.
